Japan-1953: Working In The Fields

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Working In The Fields — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures a group of Japanese farmers working in a rural field. Men and women in simple white shirts and dark trousers labor under an overcast sky, using traditional tools to gather and stack hay. The scene unfolds in a wide, open field with utility poles visible in the distance, suggesting a blend of traditional agriculture and modern infrastructure. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural motion, offering an authentic glimpse into mid-century rural life in Japan. This archival home movie is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125289996

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1033 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953
Reel-level location note: japan
Date: 1953 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Japan Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Japan archival requests needing rural agricultural labor, manual field work, or home-movie evidence of everyday working life.
Period detail: The 1953 metadata is supported, while visible clues include simple work clothing, hand tools, hay or straw piles, open fields, and utility poles in the distance.
Home-movie behavior: The workers appear filmed from a distance in an unstaged field scene, with people continuing their labor rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include field workers, long-handled tools, hay or straw piles, green furrows, open farmland, utility poles, distant trees, and overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, light scratches, and a steady home-movie viewpoint with slight frame variation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural labor cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a mid-century Japan or agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places manual farm work alongside modern utility infrastructure, but it does not identify the specific crop, village, or region.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness, context, and editorial use should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1953 Japan 8mm farm workers, rural Japanese field labor, hay stacking home movie, and mid-century agriculture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Japan 1953 rural scenes, then broader 1950s agriculture, field labor, or home-movie work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Japan 8mm frame showing several rural field workers using hand tools around hay or straw piles in open farmland. — Workers gather and stack hay or straw in a rural field.

Wide 1953 Japan field view with workers bending and using hand tools near hay or straw piles under an overcast sky. — A group continues field labor around loose hay or straw piles.

1953 Japan home-movie frame of rural workers gathering hay or straw, with farmland and utility poles stretching behind them. — Workers use hand tools while gathering material in the field.

Final 1953 Japan 8mm frame showing field workers spread across hay or straw piles, with utility poles and open farmland beyond. — The group works across the field as the shot holds a wide view.

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